UK beat police will have access to national mugshot database
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 18 March 2008, Peter Neyroud, the chief executive of the UK National Police Improvement Agency (NPIA), told the Commons Home Affairs...
View ArticleThe European Commission continues to pressure for early fingerprinting
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) In spite of the recommendation of the European Data Protection Supervisor, Peter Hustinx, that the minimum age for fingerprinting should be 14,...
View ArticleInternational Action Day "Freedom not Fear" - 11.10.2008
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The first worldwide protests against surveillance measures such as the collection of all telecommunications data, the surveillance of air...
View ArticleFreedom not Fear Prague: Do It Yourself Carnival burst in the city center
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 11 October 2008 Prague hosted the DIY Carnival which marched through the city centre in the name of the worldwide initiative "Freedom not...
View ArticleFrance: Who have they forgotten to control today?
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The CNIL, the French Data Protection Authority, has published on 20 January 2009 a report on a massive control operation it conducted on the...
View ArticleLack of coordination in European eID privacy features
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The EU funded European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) issued, on 27 January 2009, its Position Paper on security features in...
View ArticleState of play for ID cards in Europe
This article is also available in: Deutsch: Personalausweise in Europa A new analysis was made public by Statewatch based on the answers to a questionnaire regarding the "state of play concerning...
View ArticleElectronic identities all over the EU?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Elektronische Identitäten für alle EU-Bürger? read more
View ArticleClean IT – Leak shows plans for large-scale, undemocratic surveillance of all...
This article is also available in: Deutsch: CleanIT – Pläne zur Überwachung des Internets im großen Stil A leaked document from the CleanIT project shows just how far internal discussions in that...
View ArticleState German DPA threatens to fine Facebook for opposing anonymity
This article is also available in: Deutsch: ULD geht gegen Facebook vor Germany’s ULD (Data Protection Authority - DPA in the German state Schleswig-Holstein) issued in December 2012 orders threatening...
View ArticleEuropean Court of Justice: Fingerprints in electronic passport are OK
The European Court of Justice ruled on 17 October 2013 that the inclusion of the fingerprints in the EU electronic passports is lawful. While the Court acknowledged that taking and storing of...
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